Umbrellas in Bloom

The Umbrella Movement put Hong Kong on the world map and elevated this docile, money-minded Asian island to a model for pro-democracy campaigns across the globe. Umbrellas in Bloom is the first book available in English to chronicle this history-making event, written by a bestselling author and columnist based on his firsthand experience at the main protest sites. Jason Y. Ng takes a no-holds-barred, fly-on-the-wall approach to covering politics. His latest offering steps through the 79-day struggle, from the firing of the first shot of tear gas by riot police to the evacuation of the last protester from the downtown encampments. It is all you need to know about the occupy movement: who took part in it, why it happened, how it transpired, and what it did and did not achieve.

Publisher: Black Smith Books
Published: 12/07/2016
Pages: 392
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9789881376534

About the Author
Jason Y. Ng is a lawyer, blogger and newspaper columnist who has lived in Europe, the US and Canada as well as his native Hong Kong.